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Ken Serio

Ken Serio has been playing the drums since the age of 11, and has studied with the great Joe Morello, Kenwood Dennard, and Zak Danziger.

He has a large recording and touring list, including Mark Egan, Vic Juris, Ronnie Earl, Bill Turner (guitarist for Bill Haley and the Comets), Crosscurrents, Calvin Hill, Danny Gottlieb, Pete McCann, Gil Goldstein, Leo Jordan, Dave Mann, Dave Mullen, Billy Eric, Victoria Warne, Stefanie Seskin, and groups including, Racing 8, Dem Brooklyn Bums, Asylum and Bed Of Nails. Ken also performs drum clinics for Hot Sticks drum sticks SJC Drums and Dream Cymbals which he proudly endorses, and various studio work including jingles for Kelloggs and Coca Cola.

Ken also has four cds out under his own name. He was recently featured in the June 2000 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine and the November 2000 issue of Drum! Magazine.

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Album Review

Ken Serio: Live...In the Moment

Read "Live...In the Moment" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Drummer Ken Serio has been skirting the indie environs for a number of years, scoring impressive dates with Ronnie Earl, Calvin Hill, Ken Wessell, Virginia Mayhew, and Vic Juris, the latter of whom joins Serio on his live outing Live...In the Moment.

Live ... in the Moment represents the essence of jazz: four musicians who generally do not play together join up in a club and, fueled simply by their respective chops, create an extended session of top-flight ...

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Ken Serio: Drumspeak

Read "Drumspeak" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


New York area drummer/percussionist Ken Serio has packed gobs of musicality into a His mode of delivery sports an evolutionary outlook, partly due to his keen use of depth and space. With an arsenal of percussion implements, Serio pursues colorific and highly-rhythmic tone poems, featuring a layered approach and regimented patterns.

On “Part II, Serio uses an electric-slide guitar for a textural effect amid clashing cymbals and a heartbeat pulse, all spiced with an ethereal backwash ...

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Ken Serio: Live.... In The Moment

Read "Live.... In The Moment" reviewed by John Kelman


Ken Serio may not be well-known, but he sure knows how to pick 'em. Live...In the Moment, documenting one night in Montclair, New Jersey, finds this versatile drummer in the company of three more familiar names.

Bassist Mark Egan, perhaps best-known as a charter member of the first Pat Metheny Group, has remained an active player every since, long since emerging from the shadow of Jaco Pastorius on albums including As We Speak (Wavetone), a surprise ...

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Ken Serio: Live.... In The Moment

Read "Live.... In The Moment" reviewed by Mark F. Turner


It's not known who attended Ken Serio's concert at Trumpets Jazz club in Montclair, New Jersey on June 21, 2007, but one thing's for sure; they definitely got a bang for their buck with Live.... In The Moment. Serio, a veteran drummer, has an impressive résumé and four previous recordings as a leader. For this recording he recruited a few jazz heavies with whom he's performed--guitarists Vic Juris, Pete McCann, and renowned fretless bassist Mark Egan. This ...

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Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ken Serio

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ken Serio

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Recording

Live in the Moment: Mark Egan, Vic Juris, Pete McCann and Ken Serio

Live in the Moment: Mark Egan, Vic Juris, Pete McCann and Ken Serio

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Ken Serio Live.... In The Moment Drummer Ken Serio has just released his 5th cd on Tripping Tree Music For this cd Ken carefully chose the band and employed some of Jazz's biggest names. Legendary Bassist Mark Egan, Guitarist Vic Juris and Guitarist Pete McCann. Amazing guitar playing bass playing and drumming. This Live set was recorded on June 21st at the Montclair New Jersey Trumpets Jazz Club. The crowd was lively The sets are exactly how the music went ...

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Performance / Tour

Ken Serio Live Recording Event September 21

Ken Serio Live Recording Event September 21

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Hello everyone!

I first want to thank everyone for coming out on June 21st to trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair for my Live Recording. the cd is due out in mid September. It was great to meet so many drummers and of course a thrill to have DRUM GOD Joe Morello in the house too! The cd turned out fantastic thanks to all of you! The cd is called Ken Serio.... Live In The Moment and is on The Tripping ...

Primary Instrument

Drums

Location

New Haven

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

Qualifications
Teaching students privately for over 15 years and also performing clinics for the Jackson Drum Company as well as Saluda cymbals. Ken brings first-hand experience from his tours with some of music’s top names and his successful recording history. Ken continues to be a highly in-demand drummer in New York City’s busy session scene.

Education
1988-1990 University Of Rhode Island Music Major
In 1982 Ken received a scholarship to Berklee College Of Music along with various performance awards
12 years private study with the great Joe Morello
2 years private study with Kenwood Dennard
1 year private study with Zak Danziger

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Live.... In The Moment

Tripping Tree Music
2008

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Drumspeak

Tripping Tree Music
2008

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Live...In the Moment

Tripping Tree Music
2008

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Live.... In The Moment

Tripping Tree Music
2007

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